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April 2021
VIRTUAL – The Psalms Weekend Retreat
Praying the good, the bad and the ugly Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ & Matthew Hendzel, SJ There’s something liberating in letting God have it, all of it, whatever you are currently suffering or celebrating. The Hebrew psalms are a kind of license to free speech that holds no authentic emotion back. Their frankness, force and forthrightness display a deep trust in God’s abiding friendship and power. They show that the best prayer need not be neat and pretty, but…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – 8-Day Directed Retreat
While the pandemic renders it impossible to come to Loyola House for your retreat, we will bring the directed retreat to you! Just as in any silent retreat, Loyola House spiritual directors will provide daily spiritual direction that will occur via Zoom (or telephone). There will be no talks/input sessions for the retreat; and sadly, we cannot offer daily mass. As ever, your director will listen to you and the Holy Spirit in order to help guide you in your prayer.…
Find out more »May 2021
VIRTUAL – The Little Prince Retreat
A Weekend with a Childhood Friend Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ And when you finally find consolation (consolation is always to be found), you’ll be happy to have known me. You’ll always be my friend. (Antoine Saint-Exupery) Sometimes it’s helpful to stop and assess just how much you’ve grown up, that is, to measure how far you’ve moved away from the enchanted world of the child. Do the night stars astound you, or fill you with an ambition to possess, or…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – “See, I Am Making All Things New” Join Me! 8-Day Retreat
Cultivating hope, faith & love during Covid & Climate Change “See, I Am Making All Things New” (Revelation 21:5) Facilitated by Bill Clarke, SJ, Yvonne Prowse, & Greg Kennedy, SJ Musicians serenading from balconies in locked-down Italy. Scientists’ unprecedented global collaboration to discover a vaccine for the deadly virus. A 7pm daily “Angelus” in New York City as residents sound their thanks for front-line health care providers. Birds heard singing in the new-found quiet of Wuhan Province. Air pollution in…
Find out more »June 2021
VIRTUAL – Finding Your Way: Weekend of Discernment
Be part of this retreat designed for people who need time and support in decision making. It will be an online experience using Zoom. It includes personal prayer time to support personal integration of whole-group, small-group, and individual interactions. Opportunities to speak with the presenters about the discernment process form a part of the weekend. Limited to 18 participants. Please note that space is limited so register early. Deadline to register is June 4. God constantly creates and imparts God’s Spirit…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – 8-Day Directed Retreat
While the pandemic renders it impossible to come to Loyola House for your retreat, we will bring the directed retreat to you! Just as in any silent retreat, Loyola House spiritual directors will provide daily spiritual direction that will occur via Zoom (or telephone). There will be no talks/input sessions for the retreat; and sadly, we cannot offer daily mass. As ever, your director will listen to you and the Holy Spirit in order to help guide you in your prayer.…
Find out more »July 2021
IN-PERSON – Spiritual Directors’ Workshop
The Spiritual Directors’ Workshop (SDW) is an intensive 12-day training program in spiritual direction. It includes material and experience which we consider foundational to everyone engaged in spiritual direction. This year, the Loyola House Team is taking the SDW “on the road” as this in-person workshop will be held at the beautiful Villa Saint Martin, outside of Montreal. (More on this below) The SDW offers participants the chance to gain confidence in their own skills and to appropriate new skills.…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – Ignatian Spirituality Retreat
A Practical Introduction (formerly the Disposition Days Retreat) This retreat is a good opportunity for a beginner or an experienced director to gain a heightened awareness of the fundamentals of an Ignatian Retreat or to prepare for Annotation 19 (the Spiritual Exercises in daily life). This year it is being offered online. In this 5-day thematic retreat you will learn the fundamentals of Ignatian praying. It includes instructional talks, prayer and thematic talks on God’s presence in both our world and our…
Find out more »August 2021
VIRTUAL – 8-Day Directed Retreat
While the pandemic renders it impossible to come to Loyola House for your retreat, we will bring the directed retreat to you! Just as in any silent retreat, Loyola House spiritual directors will provide daily spiritual direction that will occur via Zoom (or telephone). There will be no talks/input sessions for the retreat; and sadly, we cannot offer daily mass. As ever, your director will listen to you and the Holy Spirit in order to help guide you in your prayer.…
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